>>>I'd have to say that along with "The Ole Fishing Hole" Sweet Georgia Brown >>>is probably the other most famous whistled tuned. What would be number 3 on >>>the list? Anything else important ever whistled? Fans of Alfred Hitchcock will remember a very emotional scene in which Que Sera, Sera is whistled in The Man Who Knew Too Much (the 1956 version), but surely the most famous whistled tune from the movies must be Colonel Bogey from The Bridge on the River Kwai. Many years ago, a high school band director told me the reason that tune was whistled by the soldiers was so the producers could get around copyright laws, which apparently applied to music that was PLAYED in movies, or SUNG in movies, but the law didn't say anything about WHISTLING. Whether that's true or not I don't know, but it makes a good story. BTW, the correct title of the theme song of The Andy Griffith Show is The Andy Griffith Theme. It did not come to be called The Fishin' Hole until later, after Everett Sloane (Jubal-Jubal-Jubal Foster) wrote lyrics for Earle Hagen's tune. Paul _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
